Representation

Trip Hop originates from Bristol, therefore Massive Attack are apart of the ‘Bristolian Saga’, home to West Indian culture. Bristol’s music scene was fuelled by drugs, although it is a negative representation, the use of drugs created the lure of a dream world and the organic art work that is seen in chill and lounge music that evolved from Trip Hop.  In order to keep to the ideology of a dream world, I wanted to use ink drops and create the nature of the Bristolian saga.

The conventional stereotype for Trip Hop is quite blankly ‘Stoners’, however this in itself challenges their stereotype. Most often people talk down to ‘Stoners’ as they believe to be a better human being, though they would consume alcohol and other ‘poisons’. Stoners are generally a friendly minority, peaceful and harmless. In order to convey this in my video, I want to have different cameras angled in opposing places, to capture that there is more than one side to them. This will then be amplified by pulses of slow motion, representing the peaceful and almost dream like land that Bristolian’s lived in.

There is a timeless need for base-heavy sound; it is for that reason that punk eventually became involved in the Trip Hop scene. As Trip Hop alone is a combination of varying genres, it allows it to have a wider audience, although the ages will be similar, the types and classes of people with be larger. As Trip Hop united varying classes all over Britain, I will be using contrasting colours like, white, black and grey to represent the differing sides, like; Punk, Dance etc…

By removing actors and any artist performing, I want to reflect upon the music being the key feature; this is similar to The XX’s “Angels” video, it is the music that takes the lead, and the video supports it. Although you as the audience don't get o fully see the female body, therefore you wouldnt see sexualising of women and the need for Laura Mulveys ‘Male gaze’ theory, howver, by using lips in the video sycning to "you are my angel" and directing it at the male audience, with the additional signifier of red lipstic, creates a sexual theme. You could also suggest that the free forming ink flows represent the curves of a female. Even though the sexualising isn't direct and obviouse, it allows for an active audience to see these themes. Additionally, Andrew Goodwin’s therory of a relationship between visuals and lyrics is used.